Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End coming Spring 2016

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Since we showed you our first gameplay reveal of Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, more of the game and story have come together, and it’s become clear to us that this game is much more ambitious than we originally envisioned.

After spending so many years with Nathan Drake, he means a lot to the team, and telling the climactic chapter of his adventures is a task we don’t take lightly – this game deserves every bit of the attention to detail, precise pacing, and nuanced storytelling Naughty Dog is known for.

So we’ve made the difficult choice of pushing the game’s release date. Giving us a few extra months will make certain that Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End not only meets the team’s high standards but the high standards that gamers have come to expect from a Naughty Dog title.

Thank you for your patience – we know the extra wait will be excruciating, but you’ll see it will be worth it as we reveal more about Uncharted 4 over the next year. The team at Naughty Dog will be heads down working through 2015 making sure that Nathan Drake’s story gets the closure it deserves. Come Spring 2016, you and Nate are in for one thrilling, emotional ride.

Look at it this way. Sony has a steady stream of exclusives between now and the end of the year as well as multiplatform games.

Microsoft on the other hand have well have noting between now and September time. Then have 3 or 4 big titles in the last 3 months of the year.

I don’t know about you. But I rather have a steady stream of the year of exclusives and multiplatform titles rather than only multiplatform titles and having to wait another 5-6 months for the next exclusive title.

I don’t really get all that “how will the PS4 compete against X1” stuff. Really, why should we care? It’s their problem! We don’t get paid if PlayStation does better than xbox. I do not own Sony, I do not work at Sony, none of my relatives has anything to do with Sony. Who cares how they compete with Microsoft?

I’m torn on this news – I was really really hoping this would be my GOTY 2015 and I’d play the hell out of it this winter. I knew that it was unlikely to release this year but I couldn’t help but be optimistic. Not releasing this year is therefore a disappointment especially since XB1 will have big releases like Halo 5 and Tomb Raider as exclusives. On the other hand though I am starting to like having games spread out throughout the year and this way I can look forward to a strong start to 2016 rather than the over stacked end of 2015. Plus it gives the team a lot more time to polish the hell out of it and make it the best Uncharted yet!

This will probably be the biggest game out yet for the PS4. It’s going to be massive. Naughty Dog wants to make sure everything is as it should be. Which is nothing sort of perfect. I say the extra time will be well worth waiting for.

As the tagline says: Greatness Awaits. I don’t mind waiting a little longer for the best experience possible. It’s nice to know developers are willing to value substance as well as style when customers are shelling out $60+ for that experience. Carry on, Naughty Dog!

Another next-gen title delayed. Let’s face it, people: we were duped into buying new consoles at least 18 months before they were ready. This latest postponement has been forecast for ages but they’ve waited for Bloodborne to arrive so people don’t stop to notice their dusty indie machines aren’t living up to the hype. If you’re not a Dark Souls guy or a Halo guy there’s absolutely no point buying in to ‘next-gen’ until at least 2016.

I’m ok with this. In fact, I applaud this decision! Way too often we’ve seen games rushed released full of bugs and glitches, just to make the release date. Naughty Dog, take your time and do it right!

I can’t deny that this sucks but i’m not at all surprised, games rarely hit there original release windows these days but it seems to be going from rarely to almost every time. Also you can guarantee that post after post will say they don’t mind, take as long as you like if it means a better game…zzzzzz but what i say to that is why can’t we have both a great game along with a reliable on target release date. I find it annoying getting on and off the hype train. I love gaming and i love all the build ups and hype that comes along with it and i just think delays kinda spoil it. Why can’t developers just hold off a while until they are 100% certain and aim a 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th quarter. I’m gearing up for Arkham Knight….again. Hopefully it stays on the track.

Naughty Dog have said that The Last of Us’ delay was the difference between it being a good game, and the success it actually was. So a slight delay is no problem for me at all, I’d even love to thank Naughty Dog for having enough respect for us that they’d be willing to delay their game for us, it’s great to have that developer and consumer trust.Best of luck with all your projects ND, I have no doubt in knowing that you’ll deliver! :)

Is anyone truly surprised? Insiders have been saying for months that it would be a 2016 release. Of course we all hoped for end of 2015, but the only thing that surprises me is that they announced it so soon. This tells me Naughty Dog knows exactly what they are doing, and aren’t rushing to get things finished for end of year only to delay it last minute.